I have been enjoying everyone's posts and now its time to respond- been letting everything sink in- its a good balm for sun burn anyway.
The Kemp Kabuki thing made me think about Butoh which I had come across in relation to Kabuki. Hence a few Kazuo Ohno clips.
I'm working backwards through car crash misappropriation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhsMLrZ4j6Y and abusing the dying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzsJer_axM to the thing itself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jildd4L6_UM . . . But its an interesting journey- afforded by Youtube of course. Sorry having bother embeding video- maybe its my computer!
As to Kemp there's definitely a physical resemblance in the would-be drag as well as a generally unsettling atmosphere between the two. However I think the resemblance means little in relation to two quite distinct theatre traditions (Commedia dell'arte and Kabuki) but more the recognition of these two performers in particular.
I think butoh is a fascinating form of dance - educating myself a bit on the topic as we speak. It is everything I hate: confrontational performance, silence, cringe-making, improvised work. This means I am immediatley attracted to it (!). Shame Gregor already used David or we could have had one of his butoh/noh performances. - AK
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